Senior Insider Threat Analyst

Mele Accociates

$160K — $175K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10 years' experience in cybersecurity or a related field
  • 5 years' experience supporting a federal agency Insider Threat program
  • Recent certification in Insider Threat management (e.g., CERT, CISTP)
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience may substitute for part of the work requirement
  • Active Q or TS clearance with SCI eligibility, or Tier V security clearance within 4.5 years.

Responsibilities

  • Develop insider threat assessment positions leveraging analytical data
  • Collaborate with teams to optimize security technologies for sensitive data protection
  • Analyze policies to assist in NNSA's Insider Protection Program's coordination
  • Create enterprise-wide insider threat risk mitigation strategies
  • Develop strategies for accessing data on insider threats from various sources
  • Track and report on actions taken in response to insider threat data sharing findings
  • Evaluate departmental resources and recommend enhancements for insider threat programs.

Benefits

  • Employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision Care
  • Low-Cost Family Health Care available
  • Three weeks of vacation and federal holidays observed
  • 401(k) with employer matching
  • Opportunities for cross-training.
Full Job Description
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

  • Develops NNSA Insider Threat positions to support detection and analysis of Insider Threats using government and commercial systems for identifying suspicious activities and potential insider threats, utilizing data analytics to discern irregular patterns and behaviors.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to elevate the efficacy of security technologies, encompassing Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and User and Entity Behavioral Analytics (UEBA), in safeguarding sensitive information.
  • Collects and analyzes policy and disparate information to assist NNSA Insider Protection Program Manager and NNSA Local Insider Threat Working Groups to coordinate and develop comprehensive information sharing processes for managing insider threats, ensuring adherence to NITTF and DOE benchmarks and regulatory mandates.
  • Formulates NNSA policy positions to provide NNSA enterprise-wide information sharing insider threat risk mitigation strategies to better integrate DOE ITP responsibilities, ensuring that the DSO can centrally manage all aspects of the ITP.
  • Develops NNSA NA-70 strategies for accessing data for insider threat analysis from multiple sources.
  • Developing processes to track actions taken in response to data sharing findings and recommendations NNSA ITP receives from independent assessments and provide coordinate NNSA input to DOE ITP annual reports to include actions ITP has taken to address program assessment findings and recommendation NNSA ICW with contracting officers, to ensure contractor specific data sharing ITP responsibilities are clearly stated and consistently applied across sites.
  • NNSA work with ITP stakeholders to assess the programs human, financial and technical resources and make recommendations identify all departmental resources that support ITP data sharing.


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • 10 years' experience in cybersecurity or security related field
  • 5 years' experience supporting a federal agency Insider Threat program
  • Within the past 5 years:
    • CERT Insider Threat Program Manager Certificate,
    • CERT Insider Risk Management Measures of Effectiveness Certificate, or
    • Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional (Fundamentals & Analysis)
  • A bachelor's degree or similar credential may be substituted for 4 years of experience
  • Active Q or TS clearance w/ SCI eligibility or Favorably adjudicated Tier V personnel security background investigation not more than 4.5 years from proposed entry onto contract.


LOCATION: This is a full-time on-site position in Germantown, MD with 20% travel.

SALARY: Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate's related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position. The salary range for this position is $160K to $175K.

Benefits MELE Offers

  • Employer-paid employee Medical, Dental and Vision Care.
  • Low-Cost Family Health Care offered.
  • Federal Holidays and three (3) weeks' vacation
  • 401(k) with Employer Match
  • Cross-training opportunities


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